49 lines
1.7 KiB
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49 lines
1.7 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201801-20">
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<title>Fossil: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in Fossil allowing for
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user-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">fossil</product>
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<announced>2018-01-27</announced>
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<revised count="1">2018-01-27</revised>
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<bug>640208</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-vcs/fossil" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration
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management system.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Fossil does not properly validate SSH sync protocol URLs.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted URL,
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could possibly execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user
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running the application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Fossil users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/fossil-2.4"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17459">CVE-2017-17459</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-01-22T21:39:18Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-01-27T17:00:59Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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